{"id":78617,"date":"2016-01-12T18:10:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T23:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?page_id=78617"},"modified":"2016-12-02T00:27:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T05:27:42","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?page_id=78617","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love meeting readers, visiting book clubs, participating in literary festivals and meeting other authors. Below are photos of some recent events (click on the images for a better look) \u00a0and you&#8217;ll notice, every event makes me smile!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to contact me about an event, bookstore signing or schedule a book club visit, please use this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?page_id=78614\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-78617 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?attachment_id=78779'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VA-Festival-of-the-Book-Panel-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-78779\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-78779'>\n\t\t\t\tLe Fiction en France panel: Michael Keenan Gutierrez, Bonnie MacBird and Donna Drew Sawyer \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?attachment_id=78697'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Maggie-Linton-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-78697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Maggie-Linton-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Maggie-Linton.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-78697'>\n\t\t\t\tLoved my interview with the great Maggie Linton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?attachment_id=79107'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/With-Tonya-Bolden-4-9-16-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-79107\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-79107'>\n\t\t\t\tWith author Tonya Bolden\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?attachment_id=78279'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/With-Lalita-Tademy-National-Book-Festival-9-5-15-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-78279\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-78279'>\n\t\t\t\tWith author Lalita Tademy\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?attachment_id=79102'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Donna-on-the-VA-Festival-of-the-Book-Panel-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-79102\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-79102'>\n\t\t\t\tAt the Virginia Festival of the Book\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?attachment_id=79106'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/provenance_arrives-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-79106\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-79106'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Provenance&#8221; cover designers, Francesco Di Biase and Federica Quadrelli see the book in print.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?attachment_id=79105'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bill-et-al-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-79105\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-79105'>\n\t\t\t\tWith Bill Whitaker of 60 Minutes\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?attachment_id=79104'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Karen-Deans-and-Donna-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-79104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Karen-Deans-and-Donna-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Karen-Deans-and-Donna.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-79104'>\n\t\t\t\tWith author Karen Deans\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?attachment_id=79103'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Garine-Isassi-Start-with-the-Backbeat-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-79103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Garine-Isassi-Start-with-the-Backbeat-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Garine-Isassi-Start-with-the-Backbeat-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Garine-Isassi-Start-with-the-Backbeat.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-79103'>\n\t\t\t\tWith authors Molly Matthews and Garine Isassi\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?attachment_id=79108'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Carol-and-Donna-e1480655649204-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-79108\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-79108'>\n\t\t\t\tWith my sister, Carol, at the Corona-East Elmhurst Preservation Society book signing.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?attachment_id=78739'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/With-Tina-Boyd-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-78739\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-78739'>\n\t\t\t\tWith Tina Boyd of the Diaspora Book Club\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?attachment_id=78738'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Reading-of-the-Diaspora-Book-Club-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-78738\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-78738'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Diaspora Book Club visit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love meeting readers, visiting book clubs, participating in literary festivals and meeting other authors. Below are photos of some recent events (click on the images for a better look) \u00a0and you&#8217;ll notice, every event makes me smile! If you&#8217;d like to contact me about an event, bookstore signing or schedule a book club visit, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78617","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78617"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79110,"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78617\/revisions\/79110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}